Editorial Special: Precision Rifle Training Courses
By The Small Arms Review Editorial Staff
The following is a list of recommended Long-Range Precision Rifle training courses offered around the country. While the list doesn’t encompass all long-range precision rifle courses, the Small Arms Review staff hopes you find these suggestions useful.
1 | ACCURACY 1st
$350 per person per day
accuracy1st.com
CANADIAN, TX
Accuracy 1st has worked with Marine Corps and SOF snipers. Training is structured to fit the needs of the client. There are two facilities—one in the panhandle of Texas and the other in the SE corner of Utah. Owner Todd Hodnett chose these two facilities for specific reasons. The Utah facility offers one of the few true high-angle shooting ranges in the nation. The Texas facility (300,000 acres) offers excellent training in a high wind environment with terrain features; wind is the primary reason we miss at long range. It also features a 1000-meter, 360-degree range on one of its six ranges. Instructors are a SME for the Horus reticle. Military courses offered include: Basic Sniper; Advanced Sniper; High Angle; Instructor Classes; Designated Marksmen; and Ballistic software training. Civilian classes are also offered.
The Introductory Long-Range 1 is a 2-day class designed for the true beginner who needs to get up to speed with all the long-range lingo and methods. Students will spend 8 hours in the classroom and 10 hours on the range learning proper fundamentals and techniques that allow the shooter more success on the range. Learn how easy it can be and not in an intimidating environment. This course is fun for everyone and very educational.
OBJECTIVES
- Learn all aspects of long-range shooting
- How to select calibers
- Reticle choices
- Understand scope manipulation, what happens when a turret is turned
- How to mount a scope
- Mils, minute of accuracy (MOA), Ballistic, BDC
- Ballistic engine explanation
- Safety
- Shooting fundamentals
- Zeroing
REQUIRED EQUIPMENT
- Rifle and scope or borrow one from Accuracy 1st
- 150-200 rounds of ammo
- Eye and ear protection
- Sunscreen and proper clothing for hours of outside
- Note pad and pen
2 | BARRETT
$1,500
barrett.net
MURFREESBORO, TN
Barrett Firearms Precision Rifle training is a commemorative teaching method using lessons learned from marksmen and snipers throughout history. Students...
This article first appeared in Small Arms Review V22N5 (May 2018) |
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